Yrjö Neuvo - Curriculum Vitae#

Yrjö Neuvo received his Ph. D, degree from Cornell University in 1974. Currently he is Professor and Research Director at Helsinki University of Technology. He was Chief Technology Officer and a member of the Group Executive Board in Nokia in 1993 – 2005. His responsibilities included managing mobile phones R&D. Before joining Nokia, he had a 19 year academic career as Professor at Tampere University of Technology, as National Research Professor at the Academy of Finland and as a visiting professor at University of California, in Santa Barbara, USA.

He has been Chairman of ARTEMIS JTI Governing Board 2007 – 2008, Bureau Member of European Science and Technology Assembly (ESTA) 1994 – 1997. He was General Chairman of the 1988 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2001). Currently he is Member of Governing Board (and its Executive Committee) of European Institute of Innovation and technology. He is also Board Member of two listed companies Metso and Vaisala as well as three high tech start-ups. He has received four honorary doctorates and is Life Fellow of the IEEE. Asteroid 1938 DN carries his name.